Could it be harder to commemorate the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre yesterday – on its 37th anniversary – than last year when it was already incredibly hard? Apparently yes, and this ...

Every year, as 4 June approaches, an old ritual unfolds in China.

Israel has started cracking down on foreign media reporting of its harsh practices in the occupied West Bank, with police ...

When Slaughterhouse-Five was burned by a North Dakota school, its writer acted. Half a century later Nanette Vonnegut is also ...

We are looking for a new senior editor. If you are a great journalist and passionate about freedom of expression, please ...

This article first appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of Index on Censorship, The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illliberal vision is seducing the Western world published on 2 April 2026. Salim Mirza ...

I pray that when you read this Narges Mohammadi is still alive. The Nobel Peace Prize winner is currently in an Iranian hospital in a critical condition. Her brother, who lives in Oslo, is ...

What do rainbow-coloured hair extensions, Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Gay Science and Sex Addiction: A Survival Guide have in common? They have all allegedly been swept up in broad censorship measures ...

Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard, Matthew Fiddes, discontinued his libel case against Channel 4 yesterday (21 June). Fiddes, had been arguing that Cutting Edge documentary The Jackson’s Are Coming, ...

The Georgian authorities were probably hoping their terrible treatment of exiled Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov would pass unnoticed. No such luck. Their hopes were dashed. The news of his ...

Disney’s 2025 release Elio was a flop. Some believe they self-censored and that contributed to its commercial failure. The central character was initially portrayed as queer-coded, reflecting original ...